Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-22
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

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trees and get the orchard in shape.
There is nothing so unsightly as an
orchard containing suckers around
the base of each tree.
A distance of thirty feet apart each
way is suitable for apple trees, and
eighteen each way for peach trees.
The young trees should be kept we'll
trimmed and give good cultivation.
1t is not the severe cold that kills
the small fruit vines, but the alternate
freezing and thawing. Hence the ed
vantage of a mulch, which protects
from sudden changes of temperature.
In majority of cases the orchard
is the last location to be given culti-
vation, while very often the supposi-
tion is that it should receive but lit
tie care. The best results are only
obtained from the orchard when it is
kept in as good condition as possible,
not only by being trimmed and the
suckers removed, but a liberal appli
cation of fertilizers made to the
ground.
HANDLE WITH CARE AS the
season approaches for the cows to
calve they should have careful hand
ling. A rough mao should get the
grand bounce at Cnce. Box stalls
should be rugged up in which to put
the cows, to bear their young. Alter
calving two or three days the drink
should be warmed If the COW is
weak scald some -four and mix it in
her drink or give her oat meal Cruel
This can be done by getting some
oats ground and sitting out the hulls
Such attention will pay. If the cow
is very fat cut down her food for
few days. and so reduce the fever
natural to her condition. A quiet
life is the natural thing for cow
heavy with young.
Sow CLOVER SEED Now.-Do not
neglect 10 sow your clover pretty
soon if you intend to seed down your
wheat fields Most farmers SOW tim
othy with the wheat in the fall, but
when it failed to catch, it may still be
sown, especially if the wheat is not
too thick on the ground. Some of the
best grass sets we have ever seen
were made where wheat and timothy
were entirely killed by frost. The
surface was loosened by running cul-
tivators over it. Oats TO the amount
of one bushel per acre being then
sown and narrowed in, clover and
timothy were sown on top, and the
ground rolled. The oats crop was
of course light, and was sown princi-
pally to furnish shade for the tender
grass, which grew finely.
REPAIRING GIRDLE TREES s-Y ouDg
fruit trees, especially apple trees, gir-
died by mice and rabbits are seldom
SO badly injured as they appear to be.
Unless the inn9r bark is completely
gone, they, with proper treatment,
will recover Make mixture of stiff
clay and COW manure, beating well to
form stiff plaster, adding water, if
needed. A thick, ample coating OF
this is placed over the wound, COM
pletely covering it, and is wrapped
around with old bagging or other
coarse fabric. The chief object of this
is to keep the whole moist while ma
ture heals the wound In dry time
it is we'll to wet the bandages, etc.
AS the supply of sap is largely dimin.
ished by the wound, the head of the
tree should be reduced by cutting
back the branches. If the wound is
very severe, it is sometimes bridged
over by the use of large cions, one
end inserted under the bark below
and tie other end above the wound
Unless tree is large and especially
valuable, it will rarely pay to be at
this trouble Better replace the in
jured tree by another of the same size
and age.
EARLY VEGETABLES If one has
any means for forwarding his veget-
able plants, be can do much to hasten
crops Not many farm gardeners
make use of hot beds or cold frames
yet these by starting their plants in
window boxes, can gain some weeks
in earliness over those who sow their
seeds in the open air Vegetable
Seeds are hardy and tender Those of
the hardy class may be sown this
month, while the tender kind cannot
be safely sown until the time to plant
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